to bikeCons: Expensive, big bike too heavy for someAccelerated AccessThis option is exactly as above but is the route taken by the holders of power restricted Full Category A licences who turn 21 before their two year restriction ends and wish to move up

it safe and have a steady tootle around the test route, but that isn't necessarily always the case. Since the inception of Direct Access back in 1997, examiners want to see a candidate can handle the power of the bigger capacity machines - and that means

for the Direct Access Scheme, which validates their licence to ride large-capacity machines straightaway. Those that aren't so concerned with riding a big bike immediately often settle for a Restricted Access, or A1 licence, which allows holders to ride machines

on the superbike spec 1198, the same he used to access his fitness earlier this year, although the test did not run smoothly as the bike suffered a technical fault with the electronics. Thankfully Ducati UK neighours the British circuit and were able to bring

cc triple now pushes out 123 bhp and 77 lb-ft of torque - 9.8 bhp and 4.4 lb-ft over the 2012 bike. A new exhaust and revisions to the intake system are behind the additional output, while a one-tooth larger rear sprocket improves acceleration

, than an access road. After grabbing a bit too much of the Aprilia’s front brakes, the front started to push, and I thought about the possibility of a roadside memorial and a chorus of violins, 'Here lays the body of another automotive journalist who ran

the car in front for a better view of what lies ahead.Around town, a low first gear hampers acceleration. It’s fine when you hook it into second and third but first really is ridiculously low and even pushbikes murder you when the lights change. Having

- standard motorcycle licence " gained automatically two years after passing A1 test or by taking Direct or Accelerated Access (see below). Standard motorcycle testThe practical test must be taken on a bike between 121cc and 125cc and capable of at least 100

-turvy madness; a 175bhp bike should be intimidating - and it doesn't take off until 6000rpm. But boy does it take off. The acceleration is almost overwhelming, for both mind and motorcycle. The ZZR's massive power, and the rush with which it arrives, isn't so

compromise' with the R6 (and it's still called the R6, not the R6R, as was rumoured). Yamaha wants it to win races, loads of them, so it has allowed its engineers to design the bike with race wins in mind as well as full access to MotoGP technology. Once